in() THK ICK A(;K in CANADA. 



till' I'lcistoc'onc sen. The layor of siiiid at llie surt'iicc n|' 

 tli(i iMHiMer-c'liiy is evidently lieic llic rcin'csciitiitivc of 

 the Lodaclay, and al'lui'ds its cliaiiuit'iistic I'dssils, wliilr 

 the stones pi'ojeetin^- above llie lioulder-elay are erusli-d 

 witli r>iyo/oa and Acorn-shells. At St. Nicholas, there is 

 <i sandy h()ulder-(day, not unlike that ol' Ili\iei'e-du-l.oiiip. 

 which has all'orded some xcry interesting fossils, it is 

 stilted in the IJc|)oi't of the Sur\ey to he inie hundred and 

 ei'ditv feet aho\e the sea. 



3I(>ntr(<il.— \\\ the nei^hhoni'liood df Afoiitreal \vv\ 

 into'esting c.xiiosures of tlie I'leistocene lieds occur, and 

 with the terraces on the Mountain lia\'e heen dcscrihed in 

 niv itiiiiers of lS."i7 and 1S."»0. I nia\'hei'e merelv condense 



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the leadin_!.'; hu'ts. addinu' those inoi'c iccenily ohtained. 



An interesliui;' section of t he dciiosits is that, ohtained at 

 Loifan's Farm, which may he thus slated in deseendin.u 

 order: ,, ,, 



Soil iCnl sand 1 !• 



Tough reddisli clay UA 



(i ray sand, a few spociiiu'iis of Sfixicara riniosd, Mjilihix (iln/i.-*, 

 TtUiiKi (irii ii/<tiii/if(i, and Mi/d ((iriKirin, the valves generally 

 united (» N 



Tough reddi.sh clay, a few siiell.s of Aslnrli Lainu iiliaiui, and 



A( '/a ij/iirln/ii I 1 



Gray sand, containing detached valves of Sd.cirarti rinid^t, Mi/k 

 friiiir((t(i, iiud TiHiiiit (Ini'uhiud'icd : also Trlc/id/ro/iis lion- 

 (ills, and lUihiiiKti rri-iKt/iix : tin? shells, in three thin layers.. S 



Sand and clay, with a few shells, principally 6V(.r/(V/cf( indutaciied 



valves 1 .'! 



Band of sandy clay, full of Xa/ica r/fiiisa, Trlclnilro/iis hor(n/i-<, 

 Fiisiis torii(i>ii.-<, Iliiiciinim i/ldrla/i, Aftar/e Ldun iil^((iia, 

 BaltDiiin cfi'iiafii'i, &e. , &c. , sponges and Vonim'ni'ifcvd. 

 Nearly n\\ the rare and deep-sea shells of this locality occur 

 in this hand ."> 



Sand and clay, a few shells of A<tarte and Sfi.rircd-a, and remains 



of sea-weeds with L()>r(i/i(i attached ; also Foidmiitiftm ... '2 



Stony clay (Boulder-clay). Depth unknown. 



